FirstClass Web Publishing In addition to its effectiveness as a complete communications and collaboration

solution, FirstClass is also a fully functional web server that provides users with

the ability to publish professional-looking web pages without any knowledge

of HTML coding. FirstClass web publishing puts the powerful communication

potential of the Web into the hands of all users while removing all the complexity

normally associated with web publishing. Creating web pages in FirstClass is as

easy as authoring a document using a word processor.

RICH WEB PUBLISHING WITHOUT THE COMPLEXITY

Users can quickly and easily use the FirstClass document editor to create webpages that include:

• colored and styled text

• background graphics

• tables

• embedded graphics and photos

• hyperlinks

Users can also directly author HTML code or embed HTML code from standard web page generation tools within a FirstClass web page. Flash content is also supported.

• Rich web publishing without

the complex training

• Maintain brand consistency

across distributed web pages

• Remove bottlenecks associated

with webmaster controlled

content updates

• Easily create and maintain

up-to-date websites with

fresh content

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The way to connect.

WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT

Besides personal web publishing, FirstClass can also be used to build powerful organization-wide websites in a secureand controlled manner. The powerful permissions capability within FirstClass can be applied to specific subsets of thewebsite, enabling individuals or groups of people to haveresponsibility for publishing content relative to their role orexpertise. With permissions, each person or group can easilyupdate their assigned area of the website without the need for a webmaster to post their updates. This streamlined andefficient approach to web publishing ensures websites are up-to-date and continually refreshed with timely content.

ADVANCED WEB SITE CREATION WITH RAPID

WEB DESIGNER (RWD)

Advanced web publishing can be easily achieved in FirstClassusing Rapid Web Designer (RWD). Bringing a whole new level of powerful management and deployment options for webpublishing, RWD provides simple forms-based options forcreating web page constructs such as headers, footers,navigation bars, announcement bars, information sidebars, and others.

In addition, RWD enables an organization to design astandardized visual template for each web page, ensuring users can focus on publishing the content they’re responsiblefor without jeopardizing brand consistency. This is very usefulfor enabling large numbers of teachers within a school orschool district to individually publish a classroom home pagewhile still adhering to a standard brand template established at the district level. Alternatively, it could enable a franchiseorganization to create and maintain a standard web page layoutfor all the franchises, while offering franchise managers thefreedom to directly publish the information pertinent to theirparticular operation.

ABOUT FIRSTCLASS

FirstClass is a feature-rich, platform-independent, and cost-effective communications and collaboration software solutionthat enables businesses and learning organizations to createcollaborative online communities that securely connect peopleand resources via any Internet-accessible device. FirstClassdelivers a broad range of capabilities including e-mail, instantmessaging, calendars, contact management, collaboration,document sharing, file storage, web publishing and voice and fax messaging. Thousands of organizations and millionsof users around the world are currently connecting via onlinecommunities powered by FirstClass. For more information onFirstClass, please visit www.firstclass.com.

F I R S T C L A S S W E B P U B L I S H I N G

FirstClass is a division of Open Text™ Corporation, the leading independent provider of Enterprise ContentManagement (ECM) solutions that bring together people, processes, and information in global organizations.Today, the company supports almost 20 million seats across 13,000 deployments in 114 countries and 12languages worldwide. For more information on Open Text, please visit: www.opentext.com

Copyright 2005 Open Text Corporation. All rights reserved. FirstClass is a registered trademark of Open Text Corporation.All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.